The Stream API and stream gatherers Java streams model dynamic collections of elements. As the spec says, “A stream is a lazily computed, potentially unbounded sequence of values.” ...

The proposal explains that Java 8, unveiled in March 2014, introduced the first API specifically for lambda expressions, the Stream API, java.util.stream.

Now Java developers are abuzz about virtual threads, a feature introduced in Java 21. Java virtual threads are much lighter and more efficient than traditional operating system threads, and excel at ...

Processing streams and insight into classes Java 24 finalizes two important features, with Stream Gatherers and the Class-File API. Both have had two previews each in Java 22 and Java 23.